07.05.2021 Members of Parliament from Great Britain and Ireland take over godparenthood for Aliaksei Ramanau, Aliaksei Samusenka and Siarhei Yarashevich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Sir Edward Davey (House of Commons, Liberal Democrats, Great Britain), Joe O’Reilly, (Seanad Éireann, Fine Gael, Ireland) and Seán Sherlock (Dáil Éireann, Labour Party, Ireland) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
07.05.2021 Political prisoner Danila Chamadanau among new group of convicts in Brest “dancing protest trial”
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest convicted today 14 more people charged with staging a “dancing protest” at an intersection in central Brest on September 13, 2020, which the authorities said was a crime under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.” One of the convicts, political prisoner and a Russian national Danila Chamadanau, was sentenced to one year in prison.
06.05.2021 Immediately release political prisoner Artsiom Bayarski!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
06.05.2021 33 cultural figures unfairly imprisoned in Belarus, says report by PEN Belarus
The repression and pressure on cultural workers, which manifested itself especially strongly starting in the 2nd half of 2020, is not weakening and is acquiring additional forms.
05.05.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
04.05.2021 Human rights organizations name three new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.05.2021 Supreme Court confirms death sentence for Viktar Skrundzik
The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Case of the Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik. The convict will be executed, unless pardoned by Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
04.05.2021 Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign members convicted in Homieĺ over alleged plans to seize power
On May 4, the Čyhunačny District Court of Homieĺ has handed down verdicts in a criminal trial involving four members of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s presidential campaign. Political prisoners Tatsiana Kaneuskaya, Yury Ulasau, Dzmitry Ivashkou and Aliaksandr Shabalin were accused of “rioting” and plotting to “seize government buildings.”
03.05.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: April 2021
During the month, the human rights situation in the country continued to deteriorate.
30.04.2021 Death convicts brothers Kostseu pardoned
Illia Kostseu and Stanislau Kostseu, two brothers sentenced to death in January 2020, have been pardoned, according to their relatives.
30.04.2021 Members of Parliament from Sweden and Ireland take over godparenthood for Aliaksandr Tseleshman, Ales Pushkin and Artsiom Miadzvedski
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Jakop Dalunde (European Parliament, Miljöpartiet de gröna, Sweden), Camilla Hansén (Riksdag of Sweden, Miljöpartiet de gröna, Sweden) and Seán Kelly (European Parliament, Fine Gael, Ireland) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
30.04.2021 14 defendants in political trial get lengthy prison terms
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest ruled today in the “rioting” case (Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code) against fourteen political prisoners accused of participating in riots on the night of August 9, 2020, in Pinsk.
29.04.2021 Volha Mayorava and Dzianis Urad are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
28.04.2021 Viasna’s imprisoned activists win Czech Homo Homini award
The Homo Homini Award for 2020 will be presented to Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk, Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa.
27.04.2021 “All cases are trumped up!” Aliaksandr Aranovich sentenced to six years in prison
The Lieninski District Court of Hrodna handed down a verdict in a criminal case against Aliaksandr Aranovich, a 38-year-old political prisoner affiliated with Siarhei Tsikhanouski’s campaign “Country for Living”.
